Fencing around Capitol comes down more than 2 months after insurrection
The outer fencing put up to protect the US Capitol following the January 6 insurrection has started to come down, allowing the public to regain…
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DHS chief says border closed, won’t give timeline for facilities capable of handling surge of unaccompanied children
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined Sunday to provide a timeline for when the Biden administration will open new facilities…
Continue Reading Top Senate Republican says Americans don’t need ‘alternative versions’ of January 6 Capitol attack
Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of GOP leadership, argued on Sunday that Americans don’t need “alternative versions” of what occurred the…
Continue Reading Another coronavirus surge is unlikely but the pandemic isn’t going away, former FDA chief says
Mass vaccinations and natural protection from those already infected are likely to prevent a fourth wave of Covid-19 in the United States, Dr. Scott…
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Supreme Court set to hear case pitting unions against agricultural business
Mike Fahner, who owns a strawberry nursery in Dorris, California, says his business was stunned back in 2015 when at 5:00 a.m, without any prior…
Continue Reading Julia Letlow wins Louisiana’s 5th District special election while 2nd District goes to runoff, CNN projects
Republican Julia Letlow will win the special election in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, CNN projects. Letlow will take the seat that…
Continue Reading Arkansas governor says he signed near-total abortion ban so Supreme Court can decide if it’s a ‘direct challenge’ to Roe
Arkansas’ Republican governor said Sunday that he signed a near-total abortion ban into law earlier this month because he wants the Supreme…
Continue Reading Replacing husband who died from Covid-19, Julia Letlow hopes to bring her own experience to Congress
Julia Letlow, who is projected to make history Saturday as the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana, didn’t expect to be…
Continue Reading Defense secretary visits Afghanistan as US considers troop extension
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Afghanistan Sunday on his first visit to the country as the United States’ top defense official,…
Continue Reading Supreme Court conservatives want to topple abortion rights — but can’t seem to agree on how
Conservative Supreme Court justices have demonstrated a desire to reverse prior decisions on abortion rights. The question, with Chief Justice John…
Continue Reading Warnock slams GOP-controlled Georgia Legislature for bill that would restrict voter access
Georgia US Sen. Raphael Warnock, in his first Sunday show interview since being elected to Congress in January, slammed the Republican-controlled…
Continue Reading Durbin: ‘I think I’m close’ to getting Senate votes needed to advance DREAM Act
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said Sunday that he thinks he is “close” to securing the Republican votes needed to overcome a Senate…
Continue Reading Homeland security chief again tells migrants ‘do not come’ during ABC News interview after El Paso visit
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas placed the blame for the current influx of migrants on the southern border…
Continue Reading ‘Don’t mess with us’: history-making Korean American congresswomen fight back against racial bias
Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steel never imagined that the first time they would testify before Congress as new lawmakers it would be to call out…
Continue Reading Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin travels to Afghanistan on unannounced visit
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Afghanistan Sunday on his first visit to the country as the United States’ top defense official,…
Continue Reading They were innocent and on death row. Now, the exonerated want to ensure Biden keeps pledge
Sabrina Smith was only 17 when a predominately White Mississippi jury convicted her in 1989 for fatally beating her 9-month-old son. “The judge…
Continue Reading Experts say it’s a tight race between coronavirus variants and vaccines in the US as air travel hits records and spring break crowds grow
The pandemic’s end is in sight — but right now, the US is in a critical spot. A highly contagious — and potentially more deadly…
Continue Reading Julia Letlow wins Louisiana’s 5th District special election, CNN projects
Republican Julia Letlow will win the special election in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, CNN projects. Letlow will take the seat that…
Continue Reading More than 5,000 unaccompanied children are in CBP custody, documents show
There are more than 5,000 unaccompanied children in US Customs and Border Protection custody, according to documents obtained by CNN, up from 4,500…
Continue Reading Ron Johnson falsely claims there was ‘no violence’ on Senate side of US Capitol on January 6
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed there was no violence on the Senate side of the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection,…
Continue Reading How the border problem caught the Biden team off guard, and how they’ve scrambled to fix it
As the number of unaccompanied children in Border Patrol custody ballooned this month, President Joe Biden‘s team raced to find more places to…
Continue Reading HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge may have violated Hatch Act with comments at White House
Newly-confirmed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge may have violated the Hatch Act, the law that limits the political activities…
Continue Reading More than 5,000 unaccompanied children are in CBP custody
There are more than 5,000 unaccompanied children in Customs and Border Protection custody, according to documents obtained by CNN, up from 4,500 days…
Continue Reading Two more Proud Boys indicted for Capitol riot as prosecutors detail evidence of planning
Four leaders among the Proud Boys have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, DC, for conspiracy and other charges related to the siege…
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New Mexico legislative session delivers virus aid, but legal pot dies
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico legislators closed out a 60-day legislative session that charts an economic exit from the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Biden condemns ‘skyrocketing’ hate crimes against Asian Americans in wake of deadly shooting
President Joe Biden on Friday condemned rising hate crimes against Asian Americans in the wake of the mass shooting in the Atlanta area that left…
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Biden administration called out for lack of transparency with El Paso border visit
EL PASO, Texas — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso on Friday with a…
Continue Reading Louisiana is holding a special election today. Here’s who is on the ballot
The first congressional elections of the 2022 midterm cycle are set for Saturday, when Louisiana voters go to the polls to fill a pair of vacancies…
Continue Reading Idaho Legislature halts session until April due to Covid-19 outbreak among lawmakers and staff
The Idaho Legislature has brought business to halt for the next two weeks amid an outbreak of Covid-19 among lawmakers and staff at the state…
Continue Reading Investigations into Cuomo heat up as new controversies arise in their wake
After stiff-arming calls for his resignation from leading state Democratic lawmakers, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is staking his political fate on the…
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